1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team
The 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team represented Slippery Rock State Normal School—now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania—in the 1936 college football season.[2][3] In N. Kerr Thompson's 16th year as head coach, the Rockets compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents 93 to 70. They went 3–1 against conference opponents, finishing fourth in the Pennsylvania State Teachers conference. The team is most famous for a news story that circulated around the United States and used the transitive property to declare Slippery Rock the national champion. Slippery Rock made its case by beating the Westminster Titans, which defeated West Virginia Wesleyan, which beat Duquesne, which upset Pittsburgh, which beat Notre Dame, which upset former #1 Northwestern, which defeated Minnesota, who was crowned national champions by the Associated Press. The humorous story was widely popular, and gave Slippery Rock college a good deal of notoriety.
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Northwestern Pennsylvania champion[1] | |
Conference | Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference |
1936 record | 6–3 (3–1 PSAC) |
Head coach | N. Kerr Thompson (16th season) |
Home stadium | New Slippery Rock Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lock Haven $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shippensburg | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mansfield | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slippery Rock | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana (PA) | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Chester | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kutztown | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California (PA) | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edinboro | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Millersville | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloomsburg | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Stroudsburg | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clarion | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | at West Chester | West Chester, PA | L 6–13 | 2,000 | [4] |
October 3 | at Geneva* | Beaver Falls, PA | L 0–25 | [5] | |
October 10 | Indiana Normal |
| W 10–0 | 3,500 | [6] |
October 17 | at Westminster (PA)* | New Wilmington, PA | W 14–0 | [7] | |
October 24 | at Waynesburg* | Waynesburg, PA | L 0–20 | [8] | |
October 31 | Grove City* |
| W 6–0 | 2,500 | [9] |
November 7 | Bloomsburg | Bloomsburg, PA | W 10–0 | [10] | |
November 14 | Thiel* |
| W 14–6 | [11] | |
November 21 | California (PA) |
| W 33–6 | [12] | |
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References
- "ROCKETS BEST IN N. W. PENNA". The Record-Argus. 1936-11-30. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "- All-time Game Results". static.rockathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Slippery Rock 1936 schedule". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-23. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "SLIPPEY ROCK NOSED OUT". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-09-27. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "GENEVA DOWNS ROCKETS". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-10-04. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Slippery Rock Whips Indiana". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-10-11. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Rockets Top Westminster, Win, 14 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-10-18. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "JACKETS CRUSH ROCKETS BY 20-0 SCORE". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-10-25. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Rockets Top Grove City". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-01. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "ROCKETS TRIM BLOOMSBURG". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1936-11-08. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Slippery Rock Scores Win Over Lutherans, 14 To 6". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-15. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Rockets Top California". The Pittsburgh Press. 1936-11-22. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-05-24.